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Time Capsule Corsair

September 18, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 4

During our recent visit to the Fleet Air Arm Museum in Yeovilton, England, we had the opportunity to see an ultra-rare variant of Chance-Vought’s mighty Corsair. This, for us, was worth the price of admission […]

Final Flight: The Story of a WWII Corsair

September 16, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 7

On Thursday, September 14 the Intrepid Museum hosted a press preview of its newest permanent exhibition, Final Flight: The Story of a WWII Corsair. On March 18, 1945, Loren Isley, a young, newly-married naval aviator […]

Corsairs On Screen

July 4, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 1

by Stephen Chapis The forthcoming gathering of Corsairs at AirVenture 2023, prompted us to take a look back at the naval fighter’s film appearances on both the big and the small screen. Some of these […]

Corsair Reunion Planned at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2023

February 16, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 1

PRESS RELEASE A reunion of the Chance Vought F4U Corsair, the unique, inverted gullwing fighter perhaps best known for its exploits in the South Pacific during WWII, will be amongst the warbird highlights at EAA […]

Vought Sikorsky F4U 1 Corsair Bu. No. 02170 with test pilot Willard Bartlett Boothby 24 October 1942. This is the twenty fifth production F4U 1. Rudy Arnold National Air and Space Museum NASM XRA 1294

Today in Aviation History: The first Production F4U-1 Corsair Made Its First Flight

June 24, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On June 24, 1942, the first production Vought-Sikorsky F4U-1 Corsair, Bu. No. 02155, made its first flight at Stratford, Connecticut. (Some sources state 25 June.) The […]

Obie O’Brien Heritage Flight

October 28, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 1

HONORING OBIE By Stephen Chapis In February 2021, the Ocala, Florida-based American Honor Foundation (AHF) added Vought F4U-4 Corsair BuNo 97359 for their collection. As many readers know, this aircraft is one of the more […]

Obie’s Corsair

August 10, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

By Greg Morehead and Stephen Chapis Battle lines changed daily during the early dark days of the Korean War, as Allied forces endured brutal combat with their North Korean and Communist Chinese foe, whose numbers […]

Combat Veteran Vought F4U-1 ‘Birdcage’ Corsair – Restoration Update

July 12, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 3

In Cameron Park, California, Vultures Row Aviation is deep into the groud-up restoration of what will become the world’s only airworthy Vought F4U-1 Corsair. This early F4U variant, often referred to as a ‘Birdcage Corsair’ […]

The First Production Vought-Sikorsky F4U-1 Corsair

June 24, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

On June 24, 1942, the first production Vought-Sikorsky F4U-1 Corsair, Bu. No. 02155, made its first flight at Stratford, Connecticut (some sources indicate June 25, 1942). The Corsair was designed by Rex Buren Beisel, and […]

Thunder Over Michigan – Eleven Corsairs!!!

August 5, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Of the fourteen Corsairs originally scheduled to attend the Yankee Air Museum’s Thunder Over Michigan Air Show over this past weekend, eleven were able to take part, which is an incredible feat given the circumstances, and certainly […]

Chance Vought F4U Corsair